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{{short description|Canadian comedy duo}} {{use Canadian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox comedian <!-- for groups - see Template:Infobox comedian for usage --> | name = Wayne and Shuster | image = Wayne and Shuster.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Wayne (left) and Shuster before a performance in France, 1944 | medium = Television | nationality = Canadian | alma_mater = <!-- If the same for all members --> | years_active = 1941β1990 | genre = Comedy | subject = | notable_works = "[[Rinse the Blood Off My Toga]]"<br>"[[A Shakespearean Baseball Game]]" | memorials = | current_members = | past_members = Johnny Wayne, Frank Shuster | website = | footnotes = | module = }} '''Wayne and Shuster''' were a Canadian [[double act|comedy duo]] formed by [[Johnny Wayne]] and [[Frank Shuster]]. They were active professionally from the early 1940s until the late 1980s, first as a live act, then on radio, then as part of ''The Army Show'' that entertained troops in Europe during [[World War II]], and then on both Canadian and American television. Wayne (born Louis Weingarten; May 28, 1918 β July 18, 1990) and Shuster (September 5, 1916 β January 13, 2002) were well known in Canada, and were [[Ed Sullivan]]'s most frequently recurring guests, appearing a record 67 times on [[The Ed Sullivan Show|his show]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edsullivan.com/most-frequent-ed-sullivan-show-guests/|title=The Most Frequent Ed Sullivan Show Guests - Ed Sullivan Show|website=www.edsullivan.com|access-date=March 6, 2018}}</ref> Despite repeated suggestions that they should move to the United States to further their careers, the duo chose to stay in Canada.
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